Edward Irby

Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet (31 July 1676 – 11 November 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1702 until 1708 when following the Act of Union 1707 it had become the House of Commons of Great Britain.

Early life Irby was born on 31 July 1676. He was the eldest son of Anthony Irby (d. 1684) and his wife Mary Stringer.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Anthony Irby and Hon. Katherine Paget (a daughter of the 4th Baron Paget). His maternal grandfather was John Stringer of Ashford, Kent. On 13 April 1704, he was created a baronet, of Whaplode and Boston, in the County of Lincolnshire.

Personal life In 1706, Irby married his cousin, Dorothy Paget, only daughter of Hon. Henry Paget, second son of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget. Together, they were the parents of a son and a daughter, including:

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston (1707–1775), who married Albinia Selwyn, daughter of Henry Selwyn and Ruth Compton, in 1746.